Rodolfo Roberto Brenner

Rodolfo Roberto Brenner was an Argentine emeritus professor of chemistry. He was the founder and director of the Institute of Biochemical Research of La Plata and the co-founder of the Argentine Society for Biochemical Research.

Life and education Rodolfo Brenner was born on July 17, 1922, at Banfield, Buenos Aires Province of Argentina. In 2001, he won the TWAS Basic Medical Sciences award for leading a research on the resolution of the mechanism of polyunsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis in animals and their regulation by dietary components and hormones and their biochemical and physiological effects. In 2006, he won the Bernardo Houssay Award.

Selected publications International Symposium on Function and Biosynthesis of Lipids, S. d. l. V., Bazán, N. G., Brenner, R. R. 1., & Giusto, N. M. (1977). Function and biosynthesis of lipids: [proceedings of the International Symposium on Function and Biosynthesis of Lipids held at Sierra de la Ventana, Tornquist, Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, November, 1976]. New York: Plenum Press. Rodolfo R. Brenner, Nutritional and hormonal factors influencing desatur tion of essential fatty acids, Progress in Lipid Research, Volume 20, 1981, Pages 41–47, ISSN 0163-7827, Rodolfo R. Brenner, Effect of unsaturated acids on membrane structure and enzyme kinetics, Progress in Lipid Research, Volume 23, Issue 2, 1984, Pages 69–96, ISSN 0163-7827, Brenner, R.R. (1977). Regulatory Function of Δ6 Desaturase — Key Enzyme of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Synthesis. In: Bazán, N.G., Brenner, R.R., Giusto, N.M. (eds) Function and Biosynthesis of Lipids. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 83. Springer, Boston, MA.